The Turnpike Troubadours are an American country music band from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, founded in 2005. They started their own imprint, Bossier City Records, in 2007 and have released six studio albums. Their self-titled 2015 album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200. The band was formed in 2005 by Evan Felker and R.C. Edwards. Their debut album, Bossier City, was recorded a month after the formation of the band, in order to have a recording to sell at live shows. Felker later said the musical arrangements were "not a good representation" of what the band later became. Their sophomore album, Diamonds & Gasoline, followed in 2010.
I like this country, honky-tonk and blue grass album. It is well produced, but does not sound like a modern commercial country album.
It's funny, popular country music is among my least favorite genres, but stuff like this (e.g. Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Be Good Tanyas, Emmylou Harris, Jayhawks, etc.) is among my favorite. It's weird, because they certainly share some things in common. Anyway, I loved this. Now I'm going to have to listen to the rest of their discography. Thank you for adding it to the list! 4 stars.
Standard country music. Nothing too special
It's difficult to judge this since I've little liking or knowledge of the genre. There are some interesting tracks that rise above the average 'country' vibe. It's well played and produced and there's nothing to dislike.
I'm not American, so the word turnpike disgusts me. But I'll keep an open mind. Started out ok - it's got that vibe of rock music with country sounds - but started boring me by about halfway. Not many chord progressions were harmed in the making of this album, lol. 3/5.
Solid album. Very good music. I've never heard them before, but they have a classic country sound and is easy to fall for.
Having lived in Texas my entire life, I have a soft spot for red dirt OK country. This kind of music isn't my go to, but whenever I hear it, it feels nostalgic, even if it is a relatively recent album (when I rated it). It feels authentic.
4
Good Goddamn, yeehaw!
I’m in my alt country era so hell yeah
Red dirt, honky-tonk, Americana, neotraditional country, country rock, roots rock. Ni fu ni fa.
Always enjoy a good red dirt Americana style country album. I believe this type of music is the closest to the great folk lyrics that’s Dylan would write. Now they’re not that special but they are good. This band is like a good in between of Isbell and Sturgill Simpson. There’s plenty of small town country themes that provide many enjoyable songs on this one that’s worth revisiting. 7.3/10
Fine pop country. Suprising to see play counts in the tens of millions for an artist I’ve never heard of. Goes to show how self-sufficient the country ecosystem is
Rating: 6/10
A decent country album. There are quite a few country artists who are much more influential who should be on this list before this I think, but I enjoyed the listen.
Solid Americana country. Very much enjoyed most of this
Red dirt, honky-tonk, Americana, neotraditional country, country rock, roots rock. Me gusta el country, pero me ha resultado demasiado largo y demasiado igual todo.
Red dirt, honky-tonk, Americana, neotraditional country, country rock, roots rock. Ni fu ni fa.
American folk music, more in the "mining town" variety than the "dusty roads" type you sometimes get.
It occurred to me as I was reading up on this band that the word turnpike has no resonance with me at all. I know it's some kind of road. Anyway, this hit me like pretty straight-ahead roots rock/country. All extremely competent, the lyrics well-constructed and fitting. I found it a little on the bland side I guess. But a decent listen.
It was quite samey, but it was fairly nice I guess
I'm not a fan of mainstream and popular country music, but the Turnpike Troubadours' roots rock/Americana leanings make it much more tolerable.
Catchy, affable, well-played country music that is better than much of the genre nowadays. Maybe a few more skippable tracks than I like to see, but I enjoyed it. Fave Songs: 7&7, Down on Washington, Leaving & Lonely, The Funeral
Decent country music that is way better than any of the pop-country garbage that's currently out there. 3.5/5
This is another one of those albums that is totally fine, and I can see why someone would like it, but it doesn't work for me. I really have no connection to modern country since so much of modern pop country is essentially AI Slop: The Album. This album isn't that, and I think I would tolerate modern country better if more of it was like this. Alas, we are where we are, and I didn't connect to this album all that well 3/5
Heartbroken and hungover, like a classic country album should be. I really enjoyed the lyrics - “drivin’ to Okee City in slightly-stolen car” would be what Hemingway would write if he was a Nashville lyricist. Speaking of derivatives, if I close my eyes and furrow my brow, I can imagine this album as the Counting Crows goin’ country. I’m sure I’ve got a brain parasite or something.
Catchy, enjoyable for once, but could this work out of any other country than America?
Diamonds & Gasoline is such a new addition to the submissions list that there are no reviews for it on site :D and I don't mind that it's been added you know, it's modern country, nothing remarkable or that hasn't been done before but has better production and an energy going through it that keep it from falling into the same trap as a load of middling country, where it's just slow and meandering towards nowhere in particular. Reading about it, the band themselves don't seem to like it as a representation of who they wanted to be/became, but this is fine easy listening. High 2/5, doesn't get a 3 because that's when I start to classify something as actually good, this is easy background listening.
Way too country for me
Run of the mill glossy country stuff. Chord progressions that could be predicted a mile away, standard guitar and fiddle stuff. No rough edges, and that twangy country vocal style. Americans sure love this shit. I don't.
Somehow the second 21st century Country album with a cover featuring a wooden building on the user list? Ugh okay this is THAT type of country. Inoffensive in an offensive way. Not a fan.
This was a bit too honkey tonk for me, and that’s coming from a massive country fan.
While the songwriting on this LP punches above its weight class for the genre, focusing on some introspective and outwardly emotional themes, the instrumentation is straight Top 40 modern country. It's a shame that some genuinely strong lyricism in the narrative vein of Drive-By Truckers has to be paired with the same banal Red Dirt tracks we've heard a million times before and will hear a million times again.
Oh just so not my thing. Just irritating and predictable
From what I can read here, this is beloved in the Red Dirt and Americana scene for its storytelling and warm, organic sound. But nothing like that stood out for me I'm afraid. It leans heavily on genre tropes (heartbreak, small-town life, roads, etc.), and while the fiddle and guitar work are solid, the vocal delivery turns me off and keeps me at a distance. There are no standout tracks I’d return to, and it feels more like a well-executed genre exercise than an essential record.
sorry but this whole album sounded so lousily formulaic - like, if the vocal quality sounded a little more compressed I could totally believe every song was AI generated - 4/10